I don\'t pay much attention to 0-60, anymore. Not that acceleration doesn\'t interest me, just that 0-60 isn\'t much of an indicator. I\'ve seen some cars that do 0-60 a full second faster than another car that has a matching 1/4 mile time. You can do stuff with gearing to mask a lack of power, and it doesn\'t show until you get up into the higher speed ranges. In the mid-\'70\'s, when the U.S. speed limit was 55mph, a lot of car makers went to advertising their cars\' 0-55 times. You\'d look at them and think, \"Gee, the older car went 0-60 in 7, and this new one goes 0-55 in 7.5, so it\'s not much different\". Well, they geared the cars so 55 came up at redline in second gear, then there was a huge gap to third so they could get decent cruising economy with a four-speed. 0-55 might come up in 7.5, but 60 took 9. I suspect a large proportion of the vehicles on the road today do 0-60 in 7-8 seconds, but how fast do they get to 100? With the S\'s power-to-weight, and assuming well-spaced gearing, I suspect the S is a pretty quick trip to 100 - and more importantly, in the 60-80 used in passing maneuvers. The S will have it easier in the U.S than elsewhere, as the Civic Si will make only 160hp, and the faster cars are much more expensive. The Focus SVT, priced at $18,000, will be the real competition.